to protect children and families at risk of violence or abuse by: prioritising the safety of children in parenting matters; including harmful behaviour in the definitions of ‘abuse’ and ‘family violence’; requiring family consultants, family counsellors, family dispute resolution practitioners and legal practitioners to prioritise the safety of children; placing additional reporting requirements on certain parties to provide evidence to courts; and state and territory child protection authorities participating in family law proceedings where appropriate; and

to provide for: modified arrangements for advance payments of family tax benefit (FTB); and the payment of FTB Part A supplement for a child turning four conditional on that child receiving a health check prior to starting school;

Child Support (Assessment) Act 1989

to determine a parent’s taxable income by using their previous taxable income, indexed by growth in wages, when a tax return has not been lodged;

Social Security Act 1991

to require payers of compensation to notify Centrelink of proposed payments of compensation; and

Family Assistance Legislation Amendment (Child Care Management System and Other Measures) Act 2007

in relation to the recovery of fee reductions, enrolment advances and business continuity payments paid to approved child care services;

Family Assistance Legislation Amendment (Child Care) Act 2010

to make a technical amendment;

A New Tax System (Family Assistance) Act 1999

and

A New Tax System (Family Assistance) (Administration) Act 1999

in relation to the effect of a child’s absence from the care of an approved child care service on the eligibility of an individual for child care benefit for that child;

A New Tax System (Family Assistance) (Administration) Act 1999

,

Child Care Act 1972

and

Social Security Act 1991

to clarify the definition of family assistance law;

Age Discrimination Act 2004

,

A New Tax System (Family Assistance) (Administration) Act 1999

,

Social Security (Administration) Act 1999

and

Student Assistance Act 1973

to enable disclosure of information about education and care services for the purposes of the Education and Care Services National Law; and

A New Tax System (Family Assistance) (Administration) Act 1999

in relation to: the secretary’s power to refuse a child care service’s approval for the purposes of family assistance law; the requirement to comply with child care laws; and the recalculation of child care benefit fee reductions.

to provide that only Australian residents qualify for disability support pensions;

Social Security Act 1991

and

Veterans’ Entitlements Act 1986

to: provide that leave payments are included when calculating income concessions; provide that the work bonus rules apply to couples who receive separate income support payments from different agencies; and respond to recommendations of the Senate Standing Committee on Community Affairs report

Building trust: Supporting families through Disability Trusts

by reducing the work capacity and trust purpose requirements for special disability trusts;

A New Tax System (Family Assistance) Act 1999

and

A New Tax System (Family Assistance) (Administration) Act 1999

to provide that students studying overseas full-time are treated for family tax benefit purposes similarly to full-time students studying in Australia; and

to clarify the body corporate status of the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission under the

Financial Management and Accountability Act 1997

;

Criminology Research Act 1971

to merge the Criminology Research Council with the Australian Institute of Criminology;

Financial Management and Accountability Act 1997

in relation to: a ministerial requirement to inform Parliament of involvement in a company by their department, agencies and bodies corporate; and regulations to prescribe an agency as an interjurisdictional agency;

National Transport Commission Act 2003

to provide that the

Commonwealth Authorities and Companies Act 1997

applies to the commission; and

Parliamentary Service Act 1999

to clarify that the appropriation authority for certain payments is contained in the relevant Appropriation Act. Also: repeals six Acts and provisions of 11 other Acts to remove redundant special appropriations and other outdated references; and makes amendments consequential to the amendments to the

in relation to the Australian Fisheries Management Authority by: making co-management arrangements with stakeholders in Commonwealth fisheries; administering the regulatory regime; restructuring management advisory committees; and charging agencies for certain services.